Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet
Type Public (NYSEDNB)
S&P 500 Component
Founded New York City, New York 1841
Headquarters Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.
Key people Sara Mathew, Chairman & CEO
Products Business information, services, research, software
Revenue $1.69 billion USD (2009)
Employees 5,000
Website www.dnb.com

Dun & Bradstreet (NYSEDNB) is a Fortune 500 public company headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA that provides information on businesses and corporations for use in credit decisions, B2B marketing and supply chain management. Often referred to as D&B, the company maintains information about more than 150 million companies worldwide.[1]

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History

Dun & Bradstreet traces its history back to July 20, 1841, with the formation of The Mercantile Agency in New York City by Lewis Tappan. The company was formed to create a network of correspondents who would provide reliable, objective credit information. In 1933, The Mercantile Agency merged with competitor R.G. Dun & Company to form today's Dun & Bradstreet. The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) was invented in 1962.

Operations

Dun & Bradstreet maintains a database of over 150 million companies globally[1] and over 53 million professional contact names using a variety of sources including public records, trade references, telco providers, newspapers and publications, telephone interviews and others. The company derives revenues through subscriptions as well as pay per business report, and to a smaller extent, third-party licensing agreements. Additional revenue is derived from subsidiaries including Hoovers, Purisma, AllBusiness.com and JVKelly Group.

Spin-offs

In August of 2010, D&B spun off and sold their credit monitoring and management business to a newly formed company, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.[2] The company previously spun off Moody's and Neilsen.[3] D&B spun off Cognizant Technology Solutions as an independent organization in the year 1994.

Products and services

Dun & Bradstreet products and services fall into three categories: risk management, sales and marketing, and supply chain management. Risk management products include the Business Information Report, Comprehensive Report and the DNBi platform. These provide current and historical business information primarily used for making credit decisions. Sales and marketing products such as the DUNS Market Identifier database, Optimizer, and D&B Professional Contacts provide sales and marketing professionals with business data for both prospecting and CRM activity.

Australasian branches

Dun & Bradstreet has had offices in Australia since 1887, and in New Zealand since 1903.[4]

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